Network adapter order?

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I have a third party VPN adapter "Contivity VPN Client"
made by nortel networks, and I've tried uninstall my
physical LAN adapter along with the VPN client in
different orders: the result is always that the VPN
client is the first adapter (when using ipconfig or "route
print") and thus always takes priority over the local
lan. Is there a way to re-configure the order/priority of
my adapters?
 
"cb333" said:
I have a third party VPN adapter "Contivity VPN Client"
made by nortel networks, and I've tried uninstall my
physical LAN adapter along with the VPN client in
different orders: the result is always that the VPN
client is the first adapter (when using ipconfig or "route
print") and thus always takes priority over the local
lan. Is there a way to re-configure the order/priority of
my adapters?
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When two or more network connections can reach the same IP address,
Windows looks at the metrics associated with them, as shown in the
"route print" output, and uses the route with the lowest metric. If
the metrics are equal, there's no way to tell which one it will use.

You can specify a metric for a network connection:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the desired connection.
3. Click Properties | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
4. Click Properties | Advanced.
5. Un-check "Automatic metric".
6. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the "Interface metric".
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